Indicating money-box.



A. DENGHBR.

INDIOATING MONEY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1913.

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Patented May 5, 19M

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INDIGATING MONEY BOX.

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Patented May 5, 1914.

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INDIC-ATING MONEY BOX.

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ALFRED DENCHER, OF CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.

INDICATING MONEY-BOX.

Application filed January 2, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED DENCI-IER, a citizens of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Manchester street, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicating Money-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of moneyboxes whereby coins of different values are automatically registered and single as Well as collective amounts are shown on a dial or dials. According hereto a casing or box has a slot to receive the coin or coins, which on being inserted in the slot fall into a vertical conveyor or channel. The back plate of the conveyor is continued downward and is adapted to close against a raised rim or flange projecting from the face of a main plate, the said rim or flange forming a pocket or coin receptacle of diminishing width and arranged for receiving coins of different diameters. Coins of smallest diameter fall to the bottom of said pocket and coins of larger diameter are retained higher up in the pocket. A hole is made through the main plate and the conveyor approximately at the center of the position which each coin takes when retained in the pocket. Plungers adapted to pass through the said holes in the vertical conveyor have varying lengths and are attached to a vertical arm, on guides and operable by a push bar or rod having a suitable knob. A spiral spring effects the return of the arm and plungers sufficient for grasping the knob. The back plate of the conveyer is continued at one side laterally and at a right angle and at its extremity is formed into a right angled flange. The main plate has parallel ends and sides, and a central part parallel with the ends is integral with one of the sides. Rods fixed to the ends of the main plate form guides for the conveyor.

The top of the back plate of the conveyor is bent at right angles or approximately thereto and when the said plate is in contact with the raised rim, the conveyor is located below the slot in the box and coins can be inserted, but when the conveyor is moved back the slot is covered by the right angled top of the back plate and coins can not then be inserted in the machine. he push bar is provided with a stop plate or washer which contacts with the right angled Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914. Serial No. 739,835.

flange of the conveyor plate previously described, so that upon the knob being pulled the stop plate draws the conveyor forward and places the same in correspondence with the slot in top of the box, and the conveyor plate closes upon the pocket, which is thus ready to receive a coin. Coins passed into the pocket are adapted to be pinned by the plungers against the back plate of the conveyor during the operation of registering such coins. The extension of the back plate of the conveyor has a horizontal slot, through which a spindle passes bearing upon the main plate. A plate mounted freely on the spindle has a pawl which engages with the teeth of a ratchet wheel fixed upon the spindle and has a pin which passes through a vertical slot formed in the said plate. When the conveyor is pushed back by any one of the plungers, the pin engaged by the vertical slot operates the plate and its pawl and rotates a ratchet wheel fixed to the spindle. A check pawl prevents the ratchet wheel from being turned in the reverse direction. The amount of rotation given to the ratchet wheel varies directly with the length of the plungers. The ratchet wheel transmits its motion through gearing to hands movable over dials, whereby pounds shillings and pence or other denominations passed into the machine are indicated.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1, is a frontelevation of the money box, Fig. 2, is a sectional plan on line AA Fig. 1. Fig. 8, is a sectional elevation on line 13 B, Fig. 9., Fig. 4L, is a sectional elevation on line C C, Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of part of the main plate and its pocket, Fig. (3, is an elevation of a ratchet wheel and mechanism and Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views of plungers and mechanism.

The box or casing 1 has a slot 2 for inserting coins which fall into the vertical conveyor or channel 3. The back plate 13 of the conveyor is continued downward and is adapted to close against a raised rim or flange a projecting from the central part 18 of the main plate 18, the said rim or flange i THO at the center of the position each coin will occupy in the pockets 5.

Plungers T of varying lengths and adapted to pass through the holes (3 project from a vertical arm 8 slidable on guide rods 9 fixed to the ends 18 and 18. The arm 8 is fixed to a push bar or rod 10 having a knob 11, and its backward travel is limited by the stop plate 20, when the said step plate contacts with the flange 13 of main plate 18. A spiral spring 1 around the push bar is fixed at one end to the push bar and at the other end to the end 18 of the main plate.

The back plate 13 has a lateral extension 13 upon which is a right angled flange 18 The said plate 13 is slidable on guide rods and 15 fixed to the ends 18" and 18 of the main plate. The top 16 of plate 18 is bent at right angles or approximately so, and has a slot 17 which coincides with slot 2 when the plate is drawn close against the pocket 5. stop plate 20 fixed to the push bar is adapted to engage the flange 13" when the knob 11 is pulled and to draw back the plungers 7 and the conveyer, until the slot 17 is in register with the slot 2 and the plate 18 has closed upon the pocket A horizontal slot 23 is provided in the front portion 1-3 oi. the plate 13 through which a spindle 2% passes. A ratchet wheel 25 having sixty teeth is fixed to the spindle 21- between the plates 13 and 18. 51 plate 26 mounted freely on the spindle 2 1 has a spring pawl 27 engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel 25. A pin 28 projecting from the plate 26 is engaged by a vertical slot 29 in plate 13 11 check pawl 3 secured to the plate 18, engages the teeth of the wheel to prevent backward movement thereof.

it spur pinion 31, having ten teeth, is mounted on the spindle 24: outside the main plate 18, and gears with a spur wheel 32 having forty teeth and mounted on a spindle Another spur pinion 34: having ten teeth is mounted on the spindle 33 and is fixed to the wheel 32.

At the extremity of spindle 33 a vertical arm 35 is fixed. The outer end of said arm supports a spindle 36 hearing a spur wheel 37 having forty teeth which engage the teeth of the wheel 34:.

A dial 38 marked to denote shillings and pence is fixed to wheels 32 and 3 1 and rotates with the same. A dial 39 marked for denoting pounds is fixed to the outside of arm 35 and a hand or pointer 40 for showing on this dial the amount deposited in the box is mounted on the spindle 3 and rotates therewith. A hand or pointer 41 for denoting shillings and pence on the dial is fixed to the inside of arm behind the dial 39.

F or the purpose of illustration the drawings show a box for receiving English coinage of the following values viz:One penny, Sixpence and three pence. The ratchet wheel 25, therefore has sixty teeth, each tooth representing one penny, and its sixty teeth or a complete revolution oil the wheel representing five shillings, which has been taken as a convenient multiple for working. Other multiples may, or course, be taken varying with the coins desired to be inserted in. the box, the number of teeth on the wheels being pro-arranged for the correct registering of the number and value of coins placed in the box. The dials are also arranged according to the coins used; in the present case, the large dial is divided into two hundred and forty spaces each space representing one penny, while the small dial is divided into tour spaces representing pounds.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows :Supposing it is desired to deposit a sixpenny piece in the box, the 0})(31511'01' draws back the knob 11 until the slot 17 registers with the slot 2. The sixpenre is then inserted and falling down the conveyor or channel comes to rest at its assigned position in the pocket The knob 11 is then pressed Forward, the central plunger 7 pressing and holding the coin suspended against the plate 13, and the coin which is carried forward from the pocket 5, together with the conv yer is pushed forward to the full extent of the push bar 10. As the coin and plate '13 are moved forward the pin 28 being engaged in the slot 29 also moves forward, and the pawl 27 being in engagement with the teeth of ratchet wheel 25, this wheel 25 is rotated tor the distance of six of its teeth. [it the same time the dial 38 rotates six 01" its two hundred and forty spaces and registers, by means of the hand or pointer 1-1, the "fact that sixpence has been deposited. The operator then releases the knob 11 thereby setting free the coin which falls into the bottom part of the casing 1. The push bar 10 and knob 11 by the action of the spiral spring 12 is caused to recede a suificient distance in order that an operator can grasp the knob 11. The top portion 16 of the plate 12-; will then cover the slot 52 in the casing 1, and continues to do so until the operator draws back the knob 11 and the slot 2 coincides with slot 17, when the box is ready to receive another coin. Supposing the next coin deposited is a threepenny piece, then a shorter plunger pushes the coin from the pocket 5 and holds it against the plate 13. The shorter spindle moves the conveyor a less distance than the sixpence spindle, so that the pawl 27 is moved a less distance and the ratchet wheel 25 is rotated through a distance of three teeth, and revolving the dial 38 through three spaces, additional to the spaces already indicating sixpence, the hand or pointer 41 shows ninepence on the face of the dial. As each coin is placed in the box its respective value is indicated on the dial by the pointer, as well as the total amount deposited. WVhen the amount deposited is one coin less than one pound and the large dial 38 has rotated almost a complete revolution, the insertion of the last coin and the operation of the push rod completes the revolution, the amount deposited being then registered on the small dial 39, the hand of which has been slowly moving from zero and now indicates 1 The next coin deposited starts the dial 38 on a fresh revolution and as each coin is placed in the box the amount is shown on the dial until another revolution is completed and another pound is registered on the dial 39. It will thus be seen that as the dial 338 completes a revolution, one pound is registered on the small dial 39, so that with four revolutions of the large dial and one revolution of the hand 40 in front of small dial, the large dial and the pointer to the small dial are back at zero, ready for the next deposit.

lVhen the ratchet wheel 25 rotates a distance of six teeth the wheel 31 rotates a distance of one tooth, and the wheel 32, to which the dial 38 is fixed, having forty teeth and the dial being divided into two hundred and forty spaces, it follows that when the wheel rotates a distance of one tooth, then the dial 38 will rotate a distance of six spaces. As this wheel 32 rotates, the wheel 34 fixed thereto also rotates, until the dial 38 has completed a revolution and the wheel 37 has rotated ten teeth, or a quarter of a revolution, and the hand or pointer L0 of the dial 39 is caused to turn and show one pound of the dial.

If desired the spindle 2 1 of the wheel 25 can be elongated so as to pass through slots 2% and 24: to the back of box, and by fitting a key to same the dial 38 and pointer 40, can be rotated to indicate zero without the necessity of having to pass the necessary number of coins through the box to complete the four revolutions of the pointer 40.

WVhat I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In apparatus of the kind described, a casing having a slot, a sliding conveyer within the casing having a vertical slot, means for reciprocating the conveyer, a ratchet wheel and spindle, a plate mounted freely on the spindle and having a pin projecting into the vertical slot, an arm, a spring pawl fixed to the arm and engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel, gearing operated by the ratchet wheel, a dial and hand operated by gearing, substantially as set forth.

2. In apparatus of the kind described, a push rod and stop plate, an arm fixed to the push rod, plungers of varying length projecting from the arm, a main plate and a conveyer having holes for the passage of the plungers, means for reciprocating said conveyer, a dial, and means for rotatably shifting said dial operated by the reciprocation of said conveyer, and a pocket upon the main plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In apparatus of the kind described, a casing having a slot, a sliding conveyor within the casing having a vertical slot, means for reciprocating the conveyer, comprising a push rod, a spring to return said push rod, and a flange on said conveyor adapted to be engaged by said push rod, a ratchet wheel and spindle, a plate mounted freely on the spindle and having a pin projecting into the vertical slot, an arm, a spring pawl fixed to the arm and engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel, gearing operated by the ratchet wheel, a dial and a hand operated by said gearing, substantially as set forth.

4. In apparatus of the kind described, a casing, a push rod, a spring adapted to return the push rod, a stop plate fixed to the push rod, guide rods for said stop plate secured to said casing, a conveyer having a flange adapted to be engaged by the push rod whereby said conveyor is reciprocated, a dial, and means for rotatably shifting said dial operated by the reciprocation of said conveyer, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED DENCHER.

IVitnesses EMANUEL FRED. LU'rz, GEORGE A. J. HART.

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